Halifax NA583 damaged in the air, landed at East Moor airfield.

During the evening of 8th August 1944 the crew of this 415 Squadron aircraft undertook an operational flight to bomb a target at Chantilly, France and took off from East Moor at 18.55hrs. The crew released their bomb load onto the target markers at 22.15hrs from 15,500 feet. During the course of the flight the aircraft received damage to the starboard mainplane and also the nose perspex. Despite the damage the crew flew back to East Moor and landed at 23.59hrs.

Pilot - F/Lt Henry Gordon Barnes RCAF (J/7614).

Navigator - F/O J D Moulden RCAF (J/28701).

Bomb Aimer - Sgt Wesley Alexaner MacLeod RCAF (R/161894).

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - W/O Jospeh Edward Lawrence Dubois RCAF (R/81634).

Air Gunner - Sgt L Ballantyne RCAF (R/211166).

Air Gunner - Sgt Douglas Lloyd Sample RCAF (R/277008).

Flight Engineer - Sgt John Rome RAFVR (1822216).

? - Sgt C A Eaton RCAF (R/269051).